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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism;

2. llamas;
[syn: Lama, genus Lama]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lama \La"ma\ (?; 277), n. (Zool.) See Llama. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lama \La"ma\, n. [Tibet. blama (pronounced l[aum]"ma) a chief, a high priest.] In Tibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism. [1913 Webster] The Grand Lama, or Dalai Lama [lit., Ocean Lama], the supreme pontiff in the lamaistic hierarchy. Until the Chinese occupied Tibet he resided in Lhasa, but now (1998) is in exile. See Lamaism. [1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lama n 1: a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism 2: llamas [syn: Lama, genus Lama]
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Lama (Matt. 27:46), a Hebrew word meaning why, quoted from Ps. 22:1.